236 EANID.!. 



249. Rana limnocliaris. 



Wiegm. N. Acta Ac. Leop.-Carol. xvii, i, p. 2u5 (1835) ; Bouleng. 

 Faun. Brit. Ind.. Eept. p. 450 (1890), part. ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 

 1896, p. 901, and 1899, p. 893 ; Laidlaw, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 885 ; 

 A. L. Butler, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, xvj p. 197 (1903); 

 Bouleng. Spol. Zeyl. ii, p. 73 (1904). 

 Hana gracilis, (non Gravenh.), Wiegm. t. c. p. 257 ; Giintli. Rept. 

 Brit. Ind. p. 409 (1864) ; Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 28, part. 

 (1882). 



Yomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choauae. 

 Head moderate ; snout more or less pointed, at least as long as 

 the orbit ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; interorbital space narrower 

 than the upper ej-ehd ; tympanum very distinct, |^ to f the 

 diameter of the eye. Pingers moderate, bhmt, first extending 

 beyond second ; toes rather slender, half-webbed ; subarticular 

 tubercles moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle oval or elliptical, 

 blunt, about half the length of the inner toe ; a very small outer 

 metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye, 

 or between the eye and the tip of the snout. Back warty, the 

 warts often confluent into more or less regular longitudinal folds ; 

 a glandular fold above the tympanum. Brown or olive above, 

 with darker spots or marblings, often Avitli a yellow vertebral line 

 or stripe ; back of thighs yellow, marbled or reticulated with 

 black ; limbs with dark cross-bars ; lips with dark bars ; lower 

 parts white, the sides of the throat black in the male, which is 

 provided with vocal sacs as in the preceding species. 



From snout to vent 65 millim. 



The tadpole, described by H. S. Ferguson (Journ. Kat. Hist. 

 Soc. Bombay, xv, 1903, p. 5U2, pi. A. fig. 3), is very different from 

 that of i?. iif/rinci, and resembles more that of li. cijanophhjctis. 

 Beak black ; upper lip Avith one row of teeth, on the e(\gQ ; two 

 uninterrupted series of lower labial teeth ; papillae present both 

 on the sides and below. Body pinkish brown, tail lighter, Avith 

 reddish brown markings throughout. Total length 37 millim. 



India and Ceylon and China and Japan to the Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago. Common and Avidely distributed in the 

 Peninsula, often found in brackish Avater and tidal creeks and 

 ditches. Together Avith li. triithrcea the commonest rice-field 

 frog. 



250. Rana glandulosa. 



Bouleng. Cat. Balr. Ecaud. p. 73, pi. vii (1882); id. Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. (6) viii, p. 291 (1891), andxiv,p. 87 (1894) ; S. Flower, 

 P. Z. S. 1896, p. 905; A. L. Butler, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 Bombay, xv, p. 200 (1903). 



Vomerine teeth in tAvo short oblique series between thechoanae. 

 Head rather large ; snout rounded, as long as the orbit, with 



